genus dioon

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1. small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	gymnosperm genus,
definition	:	a genus of gymnosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	dioon,
definition	:	any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family zamiaceae, zamia family, zamiaceae,
definition	:	a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias (noun.plant)